Rentaro Mikuni

Biography

Rentaro Mikuni (三國 連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō, born January 20, 1923) was a Japanese actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actor, and a further seven nominations. He also won two Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, in 1960 and in 1989. Kōichi Satō is his son. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Professional Killers

Harakiri

Kwaidan

Nemuri Kyoshiro

Nukata no Ōkimi

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

Akai Unmei

Vengeance Is Mine

All Movies (193)

• The Rotten Wheelbarrow2014
• Chronicle of My Mother2012 · as Hayato
• Someday2011
• Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm2011 · as Chubei
• Free and Easy 20: Final2009
• Through the Mist2009 · as (archive footage)
• Free and Easy 192008
• Free and Easy 182007
• Free and Easy 172006
• Free and Easy 162005 · as Suzuki
• Free and Easy 152004
• Free and Easy 142003 · as Suzuki Ichinosuke
• The Wind Carpet2003 · as Kinta Nakata
• A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River2001
• Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project2001
• Free and Easy 112000
• The Old Man and the Sea1999 · as (voice)
• Rainbow Cape1999
• Will to Live1999 · as Yasukichi
• Free and Easy: Samurai Edition1998 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Free and Easy 101998 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Free and Easy 91997 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Free and Easy 81996 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Oishinbo1996 · as Yuzan Kaibara
• Mitabi no kaikyô1995
• Free and Easy 71994
• Free and Easy Special1994
• Turning Point1994 · as Urano
• The Friends1994 · as Kihachi Denpo
• Free and Easy 61993 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto1993 · as Self
• The Last Dance1993 · as Buhei Mukai
• Making of Daibyonin1993 · as Self
• Free and Easy 51992 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Luminous Moss1992 · as Headmaster / Captain
• Basara: The Princess Goh1992 · as Junsai
• Free and Easy 41991 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• My Sons1991 · as Akio Asano
• Free and Easy 31990 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Free and Easy 21989 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Rikyu1989 · as Rikyu
• Free and Easy1988 · as Ichinosuke Suzuki
• Wuthering Heights1988 · as Takamaru
• The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"1988 · as Self
• A Taxing Woman's Return1988 · as Teppei Onisawa
• Shinran: Path to Purity1987
• River of Fireflies1987
• A Human Promise1986 · as Ryôsaku Morimoto
• Beyond the Shining Sea1986 · as Takeya Oumi
• Kimi ga kagayaku toki1985
• The Street of Desire1984 · as Tadao Shimoda
• Lone Wolf and Cub1984 · as Yagyū Retsudō
• The Fugitive Samurai1984
• The Women of Osaka Castle1983 · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• The Go Masters1982 · as 松波麟作
• Sailor Suit and Machine Gun1981 · as Hajime Sandaiji
• Rennyo and His Mother1981
• Auto Town1981
• Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely1980 · as Hachiro Munakata
• The Bear Storm1980
• Nomugi Pass1979
• Vengeance Is Mine1979 · as Shizuo Enokizu
• Never Give Up1978 · as Kazunari Ohba
• August Without Emperor1978 · as Tameichiro Emi
• Sweet Revenge1977 · as Kinzo Otsuka
• The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao1977 · as Sunao Kikutake
• The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro1977
• Mount Hakkoda1977 · as Major Yamada
• The Possessed1976
• The Inugami Family1976 · as Sahei Inugami
• Barefoot Gen1976 · as Father
• Solar Eclipse1975 · as Conservative MP
• Two in the Amsterdam Rain1975 · as Masaoka
• Scalpel1974 · as Shiro Kikukawa
• The Tattered Banner1974 · as Shozo Tanaka
• Himiko1974 · as Nashime
• Coup d'Etat1973 · as Ikki Kita
• Deeper Than Blue1973 · as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
• Journey Into Solitude1972 · as Kunitaro Matsuda
• Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy1972
• The Rendezvous1972 · as Detective Yamamuro
• Zatoichi at Large1972 · as Boss Tetsugoro
• Confessions Among Actresses1971 · as Minakawa
• Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow1971 · as Shigata Komijiro
• 3,000 Kilometer Trap1971
• The Earth is Born Again1971 · as Eisuke Noda
• Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death1971 · as Baiken Shishido
• Shadow of Deception1971 · as Keitaro Nishida
• Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny1970 · as Shigata Komijiro
• City of Beasts1970 · as Yusaku Ishihama
• Duel at Fort Ezo1970 · as Shimbei Usa
• Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor1969 · as Kamo Serizawa
• Profound Desires of the Gods1968 · as Nekichi Futori
• Neon taiheiki1968
• Zatoichi the Outlaw1967 · as Asagoro
• Glorious Fights1966 · as Genichiro Gunji
• Captive's Island1966 · as Daigoku
• Thirst for Love1966 · as Tetsuya Ezaki
• The Threat1966 · as Misawa
• Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro1965 · as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
• Tale of Japanese Burglars1965 · as Gisuke Hayashida
• Tokyo Untouchable1965 · as Naoto Nishiyama
• A Fugitive from the Past1965 · as Takichi Inukai
• Kwaidan1965 · as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
• Wolves, Pigs & Men1964 · as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
• A Story from Echigo1964 · as Gonsuke Sabu
• Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple1964 · as Takuan
• Zoku ôsho1963 · as Sakita Sankichi
• The Life of a Horse-Trader1963 · as 片山米太郎
• Tale of Army Brutality1963 · as Yahichi Inumaru
• The Life of Rikisha-Man1963
• Futari dake no toride1963
• Tokyo Untouchable: Escape1963 · as Naoto, Nishiyama
• Escape from Hell1963 · as Shinpei
• Umineko ga tonde1962
• The King1962
• Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights1962 · as Muneaki Takuan
• Hell's Kitchen1962
• Harakiri1962 · as Kageyu Saito
• The Broken Commandment1962 · as Rentaro Inoko
• The Christian Revolt1962 · as Uemonsaku
• The Escape1962
• The Catch1961 · as Kazumasa Takano
• Run, Genta, Run!1961
• City1961
• Fateful Birthplace1961
• Like Fire is My Life1961
• Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Muneaki Takuan
• Devotion to Railway1960 · as Yoshito Matsuzaki
• The Stragglers1960
• Hunting Opium-Eaters1960
• The Great Road1960
• The Murderer Must Die1959 · as Tetsuo Yazaki
• Thus Another Day1959 · as Kenzô Akada
• A Dead Drifter1959
• Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan1959 · as Newspaperman A
• The Song of the Cart1959
• The Outsiders1958 · as Takeshi Ohiwa
• The Undefeated Woman1958
• Face in the Dark1958 · as Kijima
• Yoku1958
• Night Drum1958 · as Hikokurô Ogura
• Wind, Woman and Road1958 · as Sentaro
• But the Flesh is Weak1957 · as Ichiro Kurakoshi
• The Eagle and the Hawk1957 · as Keizo Sasaki
• Stepbrothers1957 · as Hantaro Kido
• Dotanba1956
• Nikoyon monogatari1956
• Ryûri no kishi1956
• Phoenix1956 · as (Uncredited)
• Crossroad1956 · as Shōgo Ise
• The Burmese Harp1956 · as Captain Inouye
• Evil Reward1956
• Policeman's Diary, Part 21955
• The Samurai of Edo1955
• A Hole of My Own Making1955
• Three Faces1955
• The Beautiful Nuns1955
• Vanished Glory1955
• Till We Meet Again1955 · as Jiro Sone
• Bodyguard from Hell1955
• Striving to Live1955
• Policeman's Diary1955 · as Patrolman Hanakawa
• Women's House1954
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954 · as Matahachi
• Turbid Youth1954
• Good Son-in-Law1954
• Itsuko to sono haha1954 · as Yasukazu Sugi
• Farewell Rabaul1954 · as Captain Katase
• The Red Light Military Base1953 · as Koichi Kawanabe
• Omatsuri hanjiro1953
• The Lovers1953 · as Sugawa
• The Eagle of the Pacific1953 · as Staff Officer (uncredited)
• Reunion1953
• The Blue Revolution1953
• Aijô ni tsuite1953
• Wife1953 · as Tadashi Tanimura
• Escape Zone1953
• Koibito-tachi no iru machi1953
• Husband and Wife1953 · as Ryota Takemura
• My Wonderful Yellow Car1953 · as The burglar
• The Whisper of Spring1952
• Beauty and the Thief1952 · as Kuroki no Jiro
• Adolescence1952 · as Teacher Harada
• Shanghai Rose1952 · as Manabe, First lieutenant
• Sword for Hire1952 · as Tachibana Jurata
• Kin no tamago: Golden Girl1952
• Doctor's Day Off1952
• Story of Lightning1951
• Beauty of Life1951
• Fireworks Over the Sea1951 · as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
• Boyhood1951 · as Teacher Shimomura
• The Good Fairy1951 · as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

All TV Shows (10)

• 子連れ狼1984
• Sekigahara1981 · as Masanobu Honda
• Akai Shisen1980
• Nukata no Ōkimi1980
• Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu1978 · as Koichiro dojima
• Kazoku Netsu1978
• Akai Unmei1976
• Nemuri Kyoshiro1972
• Professional Killers1972
• 剣1967 · as Asaemon Yamada